The moon sets 6:32 a.m. today, rises 6:06
p.m. Sunday. It is nine days after the first quarter.

100 years ago today

1913: Laughing gas: "A committee is
making arrangements for the tenth annual meeting of the Lehigh Valley Dental
Association in Easton on Monday
next. About 35 dentists are expected. The first event on the program is a
dental clinic at the Easton Hospital
on 'Nitrous Oxide and Oxygen' by Dr. H.W. Souders, of Phillipsburg.
In the evening a banquet will be served. Music, vocal and instrumental, will be
rendered."

50 years ago today

1963: A matter of record: "A
66-year-old Easton man has
discovered that the city has had him tabbed as a female and that he has been
celebrating his birthday on the wrong date for 65 years. Henry W. Beers, 1215
Spring Garden St., found while attempting to
determine what day he was born that he was listed in city records as a female.
It all started last October when his wife, Florence Beers, discovered that he
was born on Jan. 25, 1897, according to
his family records. But Beers has been celebrating his birthday on the 26th for
65 years. Puzzled, he called at city hall to seek confirmation of the date.
'Yep, here it is. Henry W. Beers, born Jan. 25, 1897,
female,' a clerk told Beers. 'Do I look like a female?' Beers asked the clerk.
No explanation was available as to how the error was made."

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Deadly explosion: "One man was killed and several persons were injured today
when three homes on East Fourth Street
in Bethlehem, filled with gas from
a leaking main, exploded. Repair crews from the United Gas Improvement Co.
hurried to the area to find the leak, which threatened homes in a three-block
area."

25 years ago today

1988: Shooting gallery: An Express
editorial, "Gunfire curbed at Reading,"
reads, "Incredibly, the City of Reading
had allowed gun enthusiasts to use automatic weapons at a city reservoir to
shoot up junk cars, old bathtubs and other discarded objects. World War II-era
machine guns and Uzi submachine guns were among the weapons fired at the
usually unadvertised events. Last week the city council finally decided that
all of those bullets flying around —
even in an isolated spot —
carried too great a potential for causing death and injury. Council banned
gunfire on city land. The nearly 80,000 residents of Reading
should feel a little safer as a result."

Quote of the day

"Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one's
thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world." — Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and author (1749-1832).